Biographies on HW WilsonWeb

HW Wilsonweb provides access to biographical information for over 100,000 notable figures both current and historical, through four online databases, drawing their information from four specific publications: Biographies Plus Illustrated, Current Biographies Illustrated, Junior Authors and Illustrators, and Biography Reference Bank. 

Full text articles, thumbnail biographies, illustrations, photographs, and bibliographic references are included for many of the entries. 

Are you using a computer inside the library? Click here.

For computers outside the library, click here: HW Wilsonweb. 

• Enter the 14-character bardcode from the back of your Burnham Library card (starts with PVSN...)
• Use ALL CAPS when entering barcode
• If your barcode ends with a symbol or letter (such as %, *, &, #, etc.), substitute a number for this last character
• If your barcode only has 13 characters, add any number to make it a full 14 characters

For example: 

Instead of PVSN500015801% ... (ends in symbol)... use PVSN5000158015 

Instead of PVSN500014273_   ... (13 characters)... use PVSN5000142735